{"product_id":"kusamakura-9780143105190","title":"Kusamakura","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning new English translation--the first in more than forty years--of a major novel by the father of modern Japanese fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNatsume Soseki's \u003ci\u003eKusamakura\u003c\/i\u003e--meaning \"grass pillow\"--follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the establishment. Nami, or \"beauty,\" is the center of this elegant novel, the still point around which the artist moves and the enigmatic subject of Soseki's word painting. In the author's words, \u003ci\u003eKusamakura\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a haiku-style novel, that lives through beauty.\" Written at a time when Japan was opening its doors to the rest of the world, \u003ci\u003eKusamakura\u003c\/i\u003e turns inward, to the pristine mountain idyll and the taciturn lyricism of its courtship scenes, enshrining the essence of old Japan in a work of enchanting literary nostalgia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143105190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.04h x 5.56w x 0.45d","brand":"Natsume Soseki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634887815324,"sku":"9780143105190","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5755fce7-c550-455a-8627-85a9466f0123.jpg?v=1603837920","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kusamakura-9780143105190","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}